Concealable memo-pad wallet



JulyS, `1949. J. P. WEGE I CONCELABLE EMO-PAD WALLET Filed Nov. 30, 1944:Nn/Emol;

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Patented July 5, 1949 GONCEALABLE. MEMO;-PADFWALLET.

.Folin P.' Wege,- St; Paul, Minn., assignorto' Brown &' Bigelow, StiPaul; Minn.

Application November-30, 1944;.Serial N0.J565,93'5g 1 Claim. l,

This. invention relates to a yconcealable memo.. padlwallet Whi'chlis.designed.' to support a memo padin positiontobereadily concealedwhennot` desired :for use.. Awvalletof this character isv usually carriedAin lthe users pocket andmay be.. used for carrying papers, letters, andother tems usually carried inthefcoahpocketof the user of the Wallet.

A feature resides in supporting, the Y memo pad. on one sider of theWallet'. andlin this case the. memo padis supportedon anouter wall ofthe., Wallet.

It is also a featureto provideaflexible restraining -memb erwhich'holds' tle.support for the .memo

pad'to limit the movement ofthesame.intoJan'diout of the. concealingpocketi'formedlon the. outside. of "the letter. wallet.. This.restraining means.. maybe made offfabricfleather, orany othersuit.- ablemateriallwhich permits thememo. supporting member. to be .hingedalngtlie lupper. edge .of the pocketso that. tlfe Lmemo.A pad willfld..dc1wnY in operative. positiononthe outside ofthefmain.. Wallet.,

The memo supporting ,memberfis .made rectangular in shapeandisprovidedwith.atongue receiving-.recess orf-.means for receiving andsupporting the'tongue orback sheet formed on the memo pad which isadaptedatosupporttthe memo pad to the pad supporting member andremovable so that anew-'padfmayibeplaceonthe 4pad supporting member whenthe old pa'dl'has been used The pad supporting member mayvbe `formedwith a short pocket on the back of the same, together with aileatherframed opening," which openingjisL coverediby-afy cellophane Window andwhich`openingis provided -forafpicturea- When-f the' memo pad -is'fnotdesired for useit may readily 'be concealed within the pocket-providedfor thesame; ywhich also' concealsthe-pad supportingmember, yleaving theletter or' paper wallet W-thaK nea-t outer appearance and-witlr the padand supportfthereten-:practically entirely concealed, except for theupper edge of the support Within the pocket Whicl'iencloses andislid#ably- -receivesthememo 'pa-d andJ it'ssupporti' A wallet of thischaracter is desirable because instead of having the memo pad supportWithin the Wallet itself the memo pad is supported on the outer wall ofthe Wallet, virtually entirely concealed Within a pocket, making it acompact, good looking Wallet which is desirable for supporting a memopad.

A further feature of my concealable memo pad Wallet resides in providinga wallet wherein the memo pad is normally concealed so that the body theWallet; lHeretoforeletter Wallets of this cl'aracter have'been made withthe memo pad Witliin*` the side walls ofthe Wallet' and'every time'thewallet was used anditwas desired 'to refer to" any. of theupaperswithin. thesame the memoi sheets were exposed andmight even becomesoiled or injuredgtherebyreducing the utility of .tlfi'e' same..

These `features,jtogetlier with other details and3 objects, will 'bemore fully and clearly hereinafter. set forth.

In the drawings formingapart of thespeccations:

Figure l illustrates' one' form of my'letter 'Wale let' showing theconc'eala'ble memoy pad me'ansl positioned on the outside of the same.

Figur'e2"'illustrates the wallet With'thememo padwitldrawn from theconcealing pocketand. in 'positie-n" to tbelused, the dottedlines.illustratel tlegmovement' o'f tliepad outv of' the concealingf pocket.as` it is removed." longitudinally; from' theI pocket; the` arrowsindicate rthe swinging i'move; ment ofthe'memo'padlafter.itis Withdrawnto" position it.' in place to be. used resting against?` the'. outside'wall of 'the' Wallet.-

vFigure 3 is the section on the line 3;-3 of.a Figurel showing the lmemopa'd' concealed' WithinT the-pocket andsl'iowing one' form-'ofrestraining." member for the pad"supporting member;

Figure f4lfis `Iavsinfrilar*section to' Figurer 33' on of :restrainingmember forlimitingthe. moveirieni'fl ofrthepad supporting member as itis withdrawn. from `the .concealing. -pocket.-

Letten w-allet.A issprovidedwith the integral'` main side Wal1s.l0 and'Il which-are integrally, formedtogetheron the. baekliolded'line I2...so.thattl'iewallet 'is'-compact when these sidewall's are foldedtogetherand" secured to each otherw along their bottom edge and isadapted to receive letters or papers Within the same. The Wallet A maybe formed with pockets (not shown) within the same, as may be desired.

The principa1 feature of this invention resides in providing aconcealable memo pad on one of the outer Walls of the wallet or oneither or both of the walls so that two memo pads (not shown) may beused if desired. If a second memo pad is desired it would be identicalwith the one 3 presently to be described, positioned on the outside ofthe other side wall of the Wallet.

In the drawings I have illustrated the pocket I3 formed on the outsideof the wall II of the Wallet A.

The pocket I3 is secured to the wall II in any suitable manner and isadapted to provide a means of concealing a. memo pad B.

As a rule the wallet A ls made out of leather or similar material.Therefore, the pocket I3 is also made out of leather so as to provide alongwearing, desirable leather pocket wallet which, owing to the natureof the same, is formed compact and with any suitable design on theoutside cf the same to decorate the wallet and make it more attractive.I have not illustrated any decoration on the wallet shown in thedrawings.

The advantage of my wallet resides in providing a means of concealingthe memo pad B within the pocket I3 when it is not desired for use. Thuswhen the memo pad B is concealed within the pocket I3 the sheets I4 ofthe memo pad are held compact and protected against wear and soiling orwrinkling so that when the pad is desired for use it may be readilyWithdrawn from the pocket I3, as illustrated in Figure 2.

I provide a pad supporting member I5 which is made out of leather orsimilar material and on one face of the member I5 I provide a loop I6for receiving the tongue I1 to support the memo pad B on the member I5.Member I5 is made comparatively stiff and may be made up of severallayers of leather sewed or secured tgether to form a firm, rigid backsupport for the memo pad B.

` The tongue I'I may be in the form of a` stiff or heavy paper sheetattached to the back of the memo pad B and is adapted to form a holdingmeans for securing the memo pad to the supporting member I5.

The supporting member I is adapted to be restrained in its movement outof the pocket I3 by the flexible member I8 which is in the form of aband-like member and may be made of cloth or other flexible material orany nature. The member I8 is approximately the same width as the padsupporting member I5. The pad supporting member I5 is slightly narrowerthan the width of the pocket I3 so that the pad supporting member withthe memo pad B will slide freely into and out of the pocket I3 when theouter end of the member I5 is engaged to remove the memo pad B from thepocket I3.

Member I8 is secured at one end at I9 to the top of the member I5 andthe other end of the r member I8 is secured at 20 in the bottom end ofthe pocket I3. When the memo pad B is inserted into pocket I3 theflexible member I8 will fold, as illustrated in Figure 3. When the memopad B is withdrawn from the pocket I3 the member I8 will restrain thewithdrawing movement of the pad and permit the pad supporting member I5to hinge With the pad over the top edge 2| of the pocket I3.

The member I 8 may be made in short form, as illustrated in Figure 4,and when in this form one end of the same may be secured at 22 viretually halfway between the top and bottom of the pocket I3.

My concealable memo pad wallet provides a desirable pocket letter piece,having the advarr= tage of concealing the memo pad on the inside surfaceof an outside wall of the wallet Where the memo pad is ready for use atany time without opening the wallet or disturbing any papers containedwithin the wallet. Furthermore, if in the use of the wallet it isdesirable to refer to any of the papers held within the wallet betweenthe side walls I0 and I I this may be readily done without disturbingthe memo pad B concealed in the pocket I3. In this manner I provide autility pocket wallet of a very desirable nature which can be made verycompact, provide a neat appearance and it will conceal papers andletters within the same, or calling cards or any other articles usuallycarried in the pocket of the user.

A further advantage of my wallet resides in keeping the memo pad incompact, neat form, with the sheets of the pad protected within thepocket I3.

I claim:

A wallet with a concealable memorandum pad including side walls securedtogether along one of their sides and bottom edges. a fiat pocket formedon the outer surface of one of said side walls, a flexible band-likestrip of material secured within the bottom portion of said pocket, apad supporting member, said band-like strip being secured to the upperend of said pad supporting member to limit the movement of said padsupporting member with relation to said pocket, a receiving meanssecured transversely adjacent the upper end of said pad supportingmember adapted to receive the back cover of a pad for attaching said padto said pad supporting member, whereby said pad together with said padsupporting member may be concealed within said pocket or pulledtherefrom and posil tioned on the outer surface of said pocket inpredetermined position.

JOHN P. WEGE.

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